He was touted as being a break-through candidate. But so far, his numbers have been very pedestrian. 11 homers, 39 rbi's, a .274 ba & a paltry .784 OPS leaves a lot to be desired. Granted, he is having a horrific June, but the question remains. Was he just a one-year flash in the pan? Or is patience (more of it) the key and he will come around?

His slump and somewhat avg start I think can be directly related to the number of ab's he is getting vs left handed pitchers.

Career splits are .310 vs RHP and .233 vs LHP.

This year he has faced a LHP in 105 AB's or 37% compared to only 19% in his first two years. He has faced a LHP more times already this year than he did ALL of last year (89 AB's out of 503 last year).

A lot of it is late inning match-ups. Don't have the time to research how many were vs the starter compared to a RP or to look up how many more LH starters he faces within the division compared to before.

His numbers are also down slightly vs RHP but I think his facing a lot more LHP has more to do with it.

well he has been a .300 hitter for most of his minor|major league career, and he was touted as guy that could someday contend for a batting title. Plus he plays in a ballpark that favors hitters, and as was mentioned in here before, he is now in the 4 hole.